Standard Tuning EADGBe
RIP Leonard Cohen.
The Verse is done in the C shape:
E x76050
D x54030
C x32010
Intro: E
Verse 1:
EDCD
One by one, the guests arrive, the guests are coming through
EDCD
The open-hearted many, the broken-hearted few
Chorus 1:
AD
And no one knows where the night is going
AD
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
EA
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 2:
EDCD
And those who dance, begin to dance, those who weep begin
EDCD
And "welcome, welcome" cries a voice "let all my guests come in."
Chorus 2:
AD
And no one knows where the night is going
AD
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
EA
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 3:
EDCD
And all go stumbling through that house, in lonely secrecy
EDCD
Saying "do reveal yourself", or "why has thou forsaken me? "
Chorus 3:
AD
And no one knows where the night is going
AD
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
EA
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 4:
EDCD
All at once, the torches flare, the inner door flies open
EDCD
One by one, they enter there, in every style of passion
Chorus 4:
AD
And no one knows where the night is going
AD
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
EA
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 5:
EDCD
And here they take their sweet repast, while house and grounds dissolve
EDCD
And one by one the guests are cast, beyond the garden wall
Chorus 5:
AD
And no one knows where the night is going
AD
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
EA
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 6:
EDCD
And those who dance, begin to dance, those who weep begin
EDCD
Those who earnestly are lost, are lost and lost again
Chorus 6:
AD
And no one knows where the night is going
AD
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
EA
Oh..........I need you now
Verse 7: (same as 1)
EDCD
One by one, the guests arrive, the guests are coming through
EDCD
The open-hearted many, the broken-hearted few
Chorus 7:
AD
And no one knows where the night is going
AD
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
C
Oh love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
EA
Oh..........I need you now
[Instrumental Verse]
[Instrumental Chorus]
(end)